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TikTok, books no threat to Islam: Fawad

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LAHORE – Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said that Islam in Pakistan is not threatened by either TikTok or books,. In a tweet on Sunday, the minister said that, an impression had been created in the parliament, especially in Punjab, where every member came up with a new motion every other day. […]


Government College University VC in Lahore orders probe into sexual harassment case

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LAHORE: Following a sexual harassment complaint made on behalf of a student against a teacher of Physics Department of the Government College University, Lahore, the vice chancellor ordered an inquiry into the matter on Sunday. A member of the Old Ravian Facebook group had posted screenshots and pictures of a teacher of the GCU Physics […]


Punjab government bans 100 textbooks

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On July 23, Pakistan’s most populous province Punjab banned 100 books that were being taught in private schools for carrying “blasphemous and anti-Pakistan content”. The step was taken by the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) Managing Director Rai Manzoor Hussain Nasir. According to The News, Nasir said that the PCTB was reviewing 10,000 books […]


Balochistan minister booked over social media activist’s murder

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QUETTA: The Levies Force registered a case against provincial Minister for Food and Population Welfare Sardar Abdul Rehman Khan Khetiran and his “two guards” on Sunday over the murder of a social media activist, Anwar Jan Khetiran. The activist was murdered on July 23 by some armed men in Naharkot, in Balochistan’s Barkhan district, when […]